The Don't Die Out There Deck

By Erika Dillman and Christopher Van Tilburg

* Survival tips packaged in a playful and popular format -- a card deck
* Practical information drawn from the Emergency Survival and First Aid pocket guides, both Mountaineers Books' bestsellers
* Written by an outdoorsman and physician
* Water-resistant card stock

When heading into the outdoors, you chose multi-purpose gear whenever possible -- bonus points for equipment that's both functional and fun. You can't do better than The Don't Die Out There Deck, a compact deck of playing cards that tucks easily into any backpack or pocket. From construction of emergency shelters and evacuation techniques to how to care for someone with a fracture or construct a solar still, your poker hand contains basic survival tips that could prove lifesaving The Don't Die Out There Deck makes a great gift for anyone who spends time in the outdoors.

Topics are organized by card suit -- Diamonds: survival essentials, signals, locating your position, and shelters; Spades: assessing the situation, water, fire, food, and evacuation techniques; Hearts: basic first aid, hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and sprains and dislocations; Clubs: CPR, head and spine injuries, fractures, bites and stings, and evacuating the injured

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594850712
• ISBN13: 9781594850714
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 2.7" x 3.7"